Better tests for sleeping sickness
Lies Van Nieuwenhove, researcher at the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, has produced proteins imitating typical parts of the sleeping sickness parasite. View More (2012-05-23)
Drug found for parasite that is major cause of death worldwide
Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine has led to identification of an existing drug that is effective against Entamoeba histolytica. View More (2012-05-21)
Potential new drugs for fox tapeworm infection in humans
Scientists are reporting development and testing of a new series of drugs that could finally stop the fox tapeworm - which causes a rare but life-threatening disease in humans - dead in its tracks. View More (2012-05-17)
Bartonella Infection Associated with Rheumatoid Illnesses in Humans
A bacterium historically associated with cat scratch fever and transmitted predominately by fleas may also play a role in human rheumatoid illnesses such as arthritis, according to new research from North Carolina State University. View More (2012-04-24)
Scientists find Achilles' heel in life-threatening malaria parasites
Scientists have identified a link between different strains of malaria parasites that cause severe disease, which could help develop vaccines or drugs against life-threatening cases of the infection. View More (2012-04-23)
Test links strains of common parasite to severe illness in US newborns
Scientists have identified which strains of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, the cause of toxoplasmosis, are most strongly associated with premature births and severe birth defects in the United States. View More (2012-04-13)
Scratching the surface of social interaction
It can be difficult to uncover the behavior of small, shy, nocturnal primates like the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus), especially in the dense rainforests of Madagascar where this lemur lives. View More (2012-03-26)
New paper examines poison resistance in snakes around the world
A new study by University of Notre Dame biologist Michael Pfrender and a team of researchers from the University of Nevada-Reno, Utah State University and the University of Virginia suggests that snakes from different regions of the world have evolved a similar, remarkable resistance to a deadly neurotoxin. View More (2012-03-20)
Clash of the crayfish: why the Americans are winning
Aggressive American signal crayfish are threatening Yorkshire's native white-clawed crayfish populations because they have better resistance to parasites and are less fussy about what they eat. View More (2012-03-16)
Escaping parasites and pathogens
In nature, how do host species survive parasite attacks? This has not been well understood, until now. View More (2012-03-05)
Notre Dame researchers are providing insights into elephant behavior and conservation issues
Last year, Kenya lost 278 elephants to poachers, as compared to 177 in 2010. On the continent of Africa as whole, elephants have declined from an estimated 700,000 in 1990 to 360,000 today due to the demands of the ivory trade. View More (2012-02-29)
Study extends the 'ecology of fear' to fear of parasites
Here's a riddle: What's the difference between a tick and a lion? The answer used to be that a tick is a parasite and the lion is a predator. But now those definitions don't seem as secure as they once did. View More (2012-02-27)
Malaria parasite goes bananas before sex: new study
New research from the University of Melbourne shows how the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) changes into a banana shape before sexual reproduction, a finding that could provide targets for vaccine or drug development and may explain how the parasite evades the human immune system. View More (2012-02-15)
Parasites or not? Transposable elements in fruit flies
Many living organisms suffer from parasites, which use the hosts' resources for their own purposes. View More (2012-02-06)
Improving crops from the roots up
Research involving scientists at The University of Nottingham has taken us a step closer to breeding hardier crops that can better adapt to different environmental conditions and fight off attack from parasites. View More (2012-01-25)
Notre Dame researchers report fundamental malaria discovery
A team of researchers led by Kasturi Haldar and Souvik Bhattacharjee of the University of Notre Dame's Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases has made a fundamental discovery in understanding how malaria parasites cause deadly disease. View More (2012-01-23)
2-timing and hybrids: RUB researchers look back on 100 million years of evolution
Two-timing is nothing out of the ordinary for them: for about 100 million years, grass smut fungi have been breeding in a three-gender system. View More (2012-01-17)
Counterfeit and substandard antimalaria drugs threaten crisis in Africa, experts warn
Hopes of at last controlling malaria in Africa could be dashed by the emergence of poor-quality and fraudulent antimalarial medicines, warn experts writing in 'Malaria Journal'. Unless urgent action is taken both within Africa and internationally, they argue, millions of lives could be put at risk. View More (2012-01-17)
Study confirms new strategy in fight against infectious diseases
New research shows that infectious disease-fighting drugs could be designed to block a pathogen's entry into cells rather than to kill the bug itself. View More (2012-01-10)
Crucial gene activator in slow-killing parasite identified
In the complicated life cycle of ancient flatworms that cause schistosomiasis, Case Western Reserve University researchers have identified a gene activator crucial to development of the parasites within humans - a potential target for a vaccine. View More (2012-01-06)
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